CHESTERFIELD KINGS R.I.P.

[Rob Filardo]

i love being the bearer of this bad news. i was told from a very inside source that the Chesterfield Kings have (finally) called it a day. :)

[MikeL]

I'm really sorry to hear that you never got to see them live.  Like I said, I didn't really take notice of them until 2004, when I first saw them at Little Steven's festival in NYC, but I got to see them live two more times after that.

doornail said:

That is horrible news!!!! The Chesterfield Kings were one of the most amazing garage rock bands ever.  I remember buying that first 45of the cover tune, I Ain't No Miracle Worker back in 81, and I never looked back.  The only thing was I was never able to see them live. 

[MikeL]

BTW, I just remembered something...Andy Babiuk now has his own musical instrument and gear store, so maybe he wanted to call it quits so he could focus on his business.  This is just my guess.

[Wattage]

that's a bummer

 

greg was supernice when I met him at the HOG, been a while now but he just generally seemed pretty cool

 

berlin wall of sound still gets rocked pretty regularly

[kopper]

Hasn't he had that for several years, though?

MikeL said:

BTW, I just remembered something...Andy Babiuk now has his own musical instrument and gear store, so maybe he wanted to call it quits so he could focus on his business.  This is just my guess.

[Wattage]

Yeah for at least 3 or 4 years now

 

[dying slowly]

Well this sucks!

[MikeL]

Well, maybe he was hoping to work on both things at once, and now he realizes that he can't do that.  Again, I'm just taking a guess.

If this is true, it's sad, but they've been around forever, so maybe it's just as well that they're finally calling it a day.

Wattage said:

Yeah for at least 3 or 4 years now

 

[John Battles]

Well , they did stick it out  for almost (Over?) 35 years , gotta hand it to 'em , there . But , they waved that license to be inconsistent around like it was going to get them a raise in pay.....I saw them 6 times. They were great twice , and  mostly terrible the other times , tho' they were'nt bad on the Little Steven revue with The New York Dolls , BUT , THEY WERE'NT GREAT, EITHER.... Their early 90's "Metal" phase was abhorral. I know someone who saw part of one of their EARLY 90'S gigs , here , on video , and said he was actually glad he had to miss the show because he was in JAIL.

[The Pygmies]

Shitty, I never got a chance to see them live.

[Zane Arillotta]

Hey you guys! I had no idea about this!!! I was actually very fortunate to stumble across them in their very early days!!! I even had to send away for their first few singles cause they weren't sold in stores!!! Same thing with Generation X too!! I've seem them more times then I can remember, a really good LIVE band. I know Greg and Andy socially but haven't seen them for years...I'm sorry to hear about this but....I don't thing it will last very long....let's just think of it as a hiatus...

[Rob Filardo]

Hey maybe you guys knew this, i don't know...Greg "Stackhouse" prevost already has a single out in Spain on Penniman Records. Limited to 450 copies. "Mr. Charlie" b/w "Rolling Stone. Just fanning the flames, that's all...

http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=355292501159344&set=p...

[Lawrence J. Patti]

Hi Rob.  Whatsupp?